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muckefuck ([personal profile] muckefuck) wrote2005-06-11 05:48 pm

He asked, I answered redux: Men in Blue

On the way back to [livejournal.com profile] monshu's from the Printer's Row Book Fair (verdict: LAME! I only bought two books; nuff said), we saw a surprising number of Chicago's Finest at the intersection of Winthrop and Balmoral. I counted: 17 officiers, eight cars, and a paddy wagon. For what? I have no idea; there didn't seem to be a drug bust in process. In fact, the overall mood was very block party, although none of the blues actually had their fingers wrapped around a cold one. As we got nearer, [livejournal.com profile] monshu asked, "A gaggle of geese, a murder of crows...what do you call a gathering of cops?"

"A donut shop," I answered.

[identity profile] paladincub21.livejournal.com 2005-06-11 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
you live right by me, i saw that congregation too.

[identity profile] muckefuck.livejournal.com 2005-06-12 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
Any guesses what it was all about?

[identity profile] paladincub21.livejournal.com 2005-06-12 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
um, the unending stream of crime that occurs around us?

[identity profile] muckefuck.livejournal.com 2005-06-12 12:24 am (UTC)(link)
I don't see what a kaffeklatsch on the corner will do about that. You prevent crime by talking to residents, not other cops.